WILLIAMSTOWN, MA. – Williams College, ranked fourth in the nation, defeated visiting Union College this afternoon to pick up their first home win of the spring season in a 9-0 sweep. Returning from a successful west coast swing in which the Ephs posted a 5-1 record and defeated four nationally ranked squads, Williams is now 8-1 on the season.

At court one, Bret Thacher and Dan Greenberg posted an 8-4 victory, while the Williams duos at court two and three managed quick 8-2 and 8-1 victories respectively.

The Ephs winning ways continued with singles play as all six players defeated the opposition in straight sets.  Greenberg faced off against Union's Trey Minter in a tough first set tiebreak, but Williams number-one player prevailed.

The remaining five Ephs gave up only four games to the Dutchmen.  Nick Lebedoff, Jeremy Weinberger, and Rick Devlin were particularly impressive at courts two, three, and five as each player posted two 6-0 sets.

Union will play Saturday at Vassar at 1 p.m.

Doubles:
1)      Bret Thacher/Dan Greenberg (W) def. Trey Minter/Ravikumar (U) --- 8-4
2)      Gary Simonette/Nick Lebedoff (W) def. Joe Wold/Mike Kanner (U) --- 8-2
3)      Jeremy Weinberger/Ari Binder (W) def. Tom Haynes/Alex Katz (U) --- 8-1

Singles:
1)      Greenberg (W) def. Minter (U) --- 7-6(4), 6-1
2)      Lebedoff (W) def. Wold (U) --- 6-0, 6-0
3)      Weinberger (W) def. Katz (U) --- 6-0, 6-0
4)      Karol Furmaga (W) def. Haynes (U) --- 6-2, 6-1
5)      Rick Devlin (W) def. Kanner (U) --- 6-0, 6-0
6)      Ken Taubenslag (W) def. Saul Kurtz (U) --- 6-1, 6-0